St. Paul daily globe., 1887-01-03

ory has gone out" The forgetful man
produced his quarter and then hustled off.
Yes, that is tried occasionally. but it don't
work. There are several rackets tried, but
we are on to all of them. The most COM
mon way is for a man to go to a table
pretty far back and get a square meal
When he gets his check he comes forward
and sits nOwn to front table and calls for
cup of coffee. Then he offers the five
cent check at the desk and skips Off. We
caught up one young fellow yesterday and
he was so ashamed of himself that he will
scarcely try it again"
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The numerous devices in vogue to hold a
check upon men who handle money are a
sad commentary Oh the honesty of the
period. Yet ingenuity is matched with
ingenuity and money is stolen every dav.
Street car drivers. who are SuppoSd to not
handle a cent, have fare register which
must be rung up every time. The bell
punch is in vogue on motor trains. In
saloons the automatic register and indica-
tor, in all styles. is seen. AT places of
amusement the tickets are numbered, and
in stores the ''cash'' system is in force.
One would suppose everybody else dishonest
and, as theatrical manager said recently,
''you would not be far wrong.'
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1t was remarked, not long ago, that the
gag" that would be best appreciated from
the stage. was one that had some reference
to poker The reason was that everybody
that is. everybody observation-disclosures
how to play the game and is famil lar with
its slang. a poker gag will catch mixed
audience when nothing else will. a come
dian lately in Minneapolis said: "Stage
gags naturally run toward poker, not only
because it is sure to meet abundant appre-
citation and sympathy before the footlights,
but because ali theatrical men play poker.
L never knew one that didn't"
A."
There must be at least three hundred
young men in Minneapolis who slave and
stint and economiZe all week for the pur-
pose of cutting dash ON Sunday. They
work hard and long and are never seen
during the week, but on Sunday they swarm
out and disport themselves to their intense
enjoyment. They starve for six days, but
on Sunday they dine at the highest priced
eating house in the city. A cob pipe and
scrap tobacco will do for Saturday. but
Sunday brings a ten-cent cigar, and if cir
cumstanceS on that day compel them to
lunch at a cheap chop house, it cannot pre-
vent them from picking their teeth in the
rotunda OF the West hotel. It's human ma
ture all the world over More than one
person in Minneapolis can tell of parlors
gorgeously fitted up and appointed, while
the rest of the house goes in rags. That's
more human nature.
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The individual who has ''a warm dislike
of seeing his name in print is often seen
and more frequently heard of, the latter
through the papers. The man who is truly
above the subtle fiattery of having his
name in the paper has not been found. 1t
is weakness to which humanity must, as
body, plead guilty. The man who most
strenuously objects is the man who sends
in personal notices of himself and alter
wards marks the copy and mails the paper
to an Eastern friend. The lady who does
not wish to see her dress described at a
party, has a dress she's ashamed of on or
has just joined the church.